The Sistine Chapel & Michelangelo The Sistine Chapel was built in the Vatican between 1473 and 1481, on order of Pope Sixtus IV, and dedicated on August 15th, 1483, the Feast of the Assumption. It is the Pope’s private chapel. It was decorated by a number of the most famous artists of the High Renaissance, … Continue reading The Sistine Chapel & Michelangelo